Eastern Promises (2007)Movies

Eastern Promises:Eastern PromisesBorat.The FlyEastern PromisesKing Kong Here’s my full-length review from The American Conservative of the Golden Globe-nominated “Eastern Promises:” “Eastern Promises” is a violent, sentimental, and efficient Russian immigrant mob movie with an overpowering star performance from Viggo Mortensen (the King in “The Return of the King”) as Hollywood‘s favorite kind of hero, the dangerous man with a heart of gold. He plays the new chauffeur of a London-based Russian mafia family trafficking in sex slaves from the Old Country. Veteran art house goremeister David Cronenberg considerately telegraphs each grotesque throat-slitting far enough in advance that I could close my eyes until it was over, except for one naked...